Logility Recognized as Top IT Logistics Provider for 13th Consecutive Year

ATLANTA, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Logility Inc., a leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain, has been recognized by Inbound Logistics as a 2010 Top 100 Logistics IT Provider. This marks the 13th consecutive year Logility has been recognized for enabling logistics excellence.  

Every April for more than a decade, Inbound Logistics' editors have recognized 100 logistics IT companies that support and enable logistics excellence. Drawn from a pool of more than 300 companies this year and based on questionnaires, personal interviews and other research, Inbound Logistics selected the Top 100 Logistics IT Providers that will help lead the way in 2010.  All companies selected for the Top 100 understand the needs of Inbound Logistics readers for simplicity, ROI and efficient implementation. 

"When choosing this year's Top 100 Logistics IT Providers, Inbound Logistics editors looked at excellence in solving transportation and logistics challenges, but at a higher, more strategic level," said Felecia Stratton, editor, Inbound Logistics. "Selections were based on how transformative logistics IT solutions impact all business activities and drive integration across internal and external processes for vendors and customers. Logility was selected because its solutions solve specific logistics challenges and improve processes, and create a ripple effect of efficiencies across the entire value chain. Inbound Logistics is proud to honor Logility for innovative solutions empowering logistics and supply chain excellence.

"Thirteen straight years is impressive and we are honored Inbound Logistics continues to recognize our efforts and commitment to helping our customers reduce costs and drive a more efficient supply chain," said Mike Edenfield, president and CEO, Logility. "As the economy starts to rebound, the companies with the right tools in place will have first-mover advantage and gain a head-start on the competition. Logility Voyager Solutions™ helps companies optimize their supply chain to enhance visibility, reduce costs, improve forecast accuracy, and increase customer service levels."

Recognized industry-wide for its rapid implementation, quick ROI and ease-of-use, Logility Voyager Solutions is a complete supply chain management solution which features performance monitoring capabilities to increase supply chain visibility and performance in key areas including demand, inventory and replenishment planning, sales and operations planning (S&OP), manufacturing planning and scheduling, transportation planning and management and warehouse management. Logility Voyager Transportation Planning and Management™ is a multi-modal solution that automates and optimizes shipment planning, shipment execution and freight accounting to help companies systematically balance logistics strategies with customer required policies. Transportation Planning and Management also enables manufacturers, retailers, distributors, and 3PLs to manage carrier relationships to reduce costs, improve service and increase end-customer satisfaction.

About Inbound Logistics

Inbound Logistics is the pioneering publication of demand-driven logistics practices, also known as supply chain management. IL's educational mission is to guide businesses to efficiently manage logistics, reduce and speed inventory, and neutralize transportation cost increases by aligning supply to demand and adjusting enterprise functions to support that paradigm shift. More information about demand-driven logistics practices is available at www.inboundlogistics.com.

About Logility

With more than 1,250 customers worldwide, Logility is a leading provider of collaborative, best-of-breed supply chain solutions that help small, medium, large and Fortune 1000 companies realize substantial bottom-line results in record time. Logility Voyager Solutions is a complete supply chain management solution that features performance monitoring capabilities in a single Internet-based framework and provides supply chain visibility; demand, inventory and replenishment planning; Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP); inventory and supply optimization; manufacturing planning and scheduling; transportation planning and management; and warehouse management. Logility customers include McCain Foods, Pernod Ricard, Sigma Aldrich, and VF Corporation. Logility is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMSWA). For more information about Logility, call 1-800-762-5207 or visit www.logility.com.  

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties. There are a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by statements made herein. These factors include, but are not limited to, changes in general economic conditions, technology and the market for Logility's (the Company) products and services including economic conditions within the e-commerce markets; the timely availability and market acceptance of these products and services; the effect of competitive products and pricing; the uncertainty of the viability and effectiveness of strategic alliances; and the irregular pattern of the Company's revenues. For further information about risks the Company and American Software could experience as well as other information, please refer to American Software, Inc's. Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2009 and other reports and documents subsequently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For more information about risks the Company could face as well as other information, contact Vincent C. Klinges, Chief Financial Officer, Logility, Inc., 470 East Paces Ferry Rd., Atlanta, GA 30305, (404) 261-9777. FAX: (404) 264-5206 INTERNET: http://www.logility.com or E-mail: [email protected].

SOURCE Logility Inc.